What Are No Contact Runs?
No Contact Runs records the total number of quarterback runs where the player is not touched by a defender before the play ends.
No Contact Runs | NFL Advanced Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Allen |  | QB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | Bo Nix |  | QB | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Malik Willis |  | QB | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Caleb Williams |  | QB | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Drake Maye |  | QB | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 |
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Who leads the NFL in no contact runs in 2026?
Through games played November 3, 2026, Josh Allen of Buffalo leads all NFL players in no contact runs with 11. Bo Nix of Denver, Malik Willis of Miami, Caleb Williams of Chicago & Drake Maye of New England are tied for second with 4. Allen's total puts him 7 runs clear of second place & 10 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Only 9 runs separate first from tenth. Jared Goff of Detroit & Cam Ward of Tennessee are tied for sixth with 3 & Tyler Shough of New Orleans, Jalen Hurts of Philadelphia, Joe Burrow of Cincinnati, Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers, Michael Penix Jr. of Atlanta, Geno Smith of the New York Jets, Dak Prescott of Dallas, Brock Purdy of San Francisco, Trevor Lawrence of Jacksonville and Jayden Daniels of Washington tied for eighth with 2.
Malik Willis of Miami ranks second on the season at 4 but has led the league in no contact runs over the last three weeks at 3.
All 18 players are within 1 run of each other. Deshaun Watson of Cleveland, Tanner McKee of Philadelphia, Tyler Huntley of Baltimore, Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City, Jacoby Brissett of Arizona, Kirk Cousins of Las Vegas, Lamar Jackson of Baltimore & C.J. Stroud of Houston are tied 18th with 1. Baltimore & Philadelphia are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Four ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 40 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 47 dropbacks is applied. No Contact Runs records the total number of quarterback runs where the player is not touched by a defender before the play ends. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
